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Release Date: 08 January, 2002 Retail Price: $19.98 OUR Price: $10.97 You SAVE: $9.01! Cast: Complete Cast (14 total) |
Ocean's 11 Reviews
ring-a-ding-ding baby here comes the rat pack
if all you have ever seen is the remake of ocean's 11 then you really haven't seen one of the best comedy caper movies of the 60's. frank , dean , sammy ,peter , joey , and many more are on hand to rob 5 casinos in one very big new years eve job. with this cast plot shouldn't matter but the plot is sound and you can tell the boys are having fun. turn your brain off and let the rat pack show you what cool was really about in the 60's
E-O 5 Stars!
Granted the pacing for this movie was a bit on the sluggish side. But then again, so was Psycho and Casablanca. The age of flashcut editing and grainy filters (see: Traffic). 1960's films didn't need to worry about bloggers going ape over the slow pace or the fact that Frank and Co. doesn't even "heist" until 60+ mins into the film. Character development was the key back then. George Bailey be damned, but you wouldn't have known the main reason he was on the bridge talking to Clarence until you saw ALL the problems he was having.
NOW...as far as this movie goes, it is spectacular. The music, the story, even the wardrobe. Dean gives a couple combat fatigue'd gals a good song near the middle of the movie, Frank justifies his eager loins, Sammy contributes probably the best part of the movie. How ironic a city employee commits a MAJOR crime, and DOESN'T HAVE A MAJOR INQUIRY OR COMMITTEE hunting him down. Early on in her career, Shirley MacClaine was known for a Rat Pack friend. She looks her age now, but darn it if she didn't look fantastic back then!
If you wanted to know what Vegas was like in the days after Bugsy, but before the Mob really came into town, check out "Ocean's 11".
Perhaps I'm a little biased as well, but as I used to work at a radio station that played Dean, Frank, Sammy songs...as well as Theresa Brewer, Burl Ives (he of the "Holly Jolly Christmas" fame), et al I immediately fell in love with the movie.
"Ocean's 11" gives you the Vegas that made Vegas...well, Vegas. Why did people spend money at a casino? To see Dino's lounge act. To hear Theresa Brewer belt out fantastic love songs...and to see Red Skelton's comedy act.
For those that hadn't picked up on the pun in my review's title, I'll give you a moment to stick your head in sand.
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